The EAT agree with the ET that there was no age discrimination where a long serving employee aged 60, who was judged to be incapable, was given the option to retire to preserve his dignity, rather than be dismissed.

Stonewall has released its annual list of Top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers, which for the first time, marked employers specifically on trans inclusivity, in addition to their work on LGB inclusive policies.

A report released by the Fawcett Society, following concerns that rights could be eroded or weakened as a result of Brexit, concludes that the UK’s legal system is failing women and needs fundamental reform.

The EAT holds that dismissals by non-renewal of a fixed-term contract are not a special case attracting different considerations from those ordinarily considered under the normal test of ‘reasonableness’.

The ECJ rule that legislation allowing for employees to be dismissed if they reach specified absence thresholds could be indirectly discriminatory, where the absences are linked to disability, and there is no justification.

New research from Stonewall focusing on the experiences of 870 trans and non-binary people by YouGov, reveals the daily discrimination faced by trans people, with 51% admitting to hiding their identity at work.